In the past I have documented my grow on another platform, two threads which both ran several years. I no longer have much in common with the other platform as I rarely intend to run auto’s… like I had to when I first started. I did however meet a few great people and awesome growers who I consider friends. Some of who are now here… so what the hell… here we go.
As always I ask for guidance, a heads up if you see something I do wrong or just a tip to improve my grow. I’m not the type to take offense to legitimate advice… if I screw up let me have it. That being said welcome to my new spot to document my grows.
This thread starts with a story. As a young man… just past 50 I got tired of buying seeded weed and the issues of trying to score it. I don’t live in an area known for growing crops and to this day have never seen another grow in person… just my own.
A friend of a friend overheard me state that I’d like to try growing my own now that I’m retired and have the time to donate to it. Few weeks later he stopped in, lit up a joint and got me stoned. Afterwards he said he had something for me… and proceeded to hand me a clone of Sensi Star and a T5 light assembly. Not having any background I turned to the internet… and have been fumbling my way through since.
That first plant gave me a half ounce. Knowing I needed to improve I took an old fridge and learned about screen of green. Later grows materialized with second hand equipment I found on marketplace, and figured out I could run auto’s in winter so long as I had enough heat. Things progressed to the point where I am today, in an insulated detached garage with heat and AC. I’m still improving on this space and probably the only guy here to build an addition on for more grow space. 
During the early years I found a few now gone forums, Cervante’s board cannabis.com etc. Then I stumbled onto ICmag… which was way over my head at the time so I’d visit when searching for answers. It was one of these visits where I stumbled onto a thread that entertained me, amazed and enlightened me. It was a thread that began in 2012 titled 91 Chemdog by Good Ole Dog… who later turned out to be a dude most will recognize as SkunkVA from the original Overgrow. I then read the story of Chemdog… I was hooked.
There started my first grow of “Chemdawg” by HSO. The bud was ok for a newbie, and led me to Amhearst Sour Diesel. Ran these a few times as weather permitted to get away from lackluster auto’s. (I later found AFN and Mephisto). But I had that yearning… for something better.
Let’s skip ahead. I found Overgrow and started getting active after lurking a few years. The vibe here was inspiring, I had found a home. I started buying better genetics… and found out about Lucky Dog over at IC… who just happened to be the legend known as SkunkVA. And I could buy legit Chemdog genetics! Take my money please!
I chose to run Guerilla Fume… I now had grown the best plants I had to that point. I continued to run it for nearly 1.5 years as it ticked the boxes for me. I then had to shutdown for a month long vacation… to Montana with the family.
To be continued…
very nice! I’ve got those cap junky slotted up for next bean drop, now I’m looking forward to it even more! Looking forward to the show 
